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Mol-affair: Foreign policy coup with potentially risky consequences

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| On May 24, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán unexpectedly, although not without preliminaries, announced: the government acquired the 21.2% stake of Russia’s Surgutneftegaz in MOL for EUR 1.88 billion. While the acquisition is a foreign-policy success for the Hungarian state, it poses risks in domestic politics and may even undermine Mol’s market position. |
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